Victoria Ingrid Alice Bernadotte 1
- Born: 14 Jul 1977, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
General Notes:
ictoria Ingrid Alice Désirée, Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland, was born on July 14, 1977 at the Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm.
Crown Princess Victoria is the eldest child of His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf and Her Majesty Queen Silvia. She has a brother, Prince Carl Philip, born on May 13, 1979 and a sister, Princess Madeleine, born on June 10, 1982. In accordance with the 1979 Act of Succession, which entered into force on January 1, 1980, the Crown Princess Victoria is heir to the Swedish throne.
The Crown Princess and her family have resided at Drottningholm Palace since 1982.
During the period 1982-84, Crown Princess Victoria attended the Västerled parish pre-school. In the autumn of 1984, she started school at Smedslättsskolan in Bromma, which she attended at junior level. For the intermediate level, the Crown Princess attended Ålstensskolan in Bromma and went on to senior studies at Enskilda Gymnasiet in Stockholm. The Crown Princess matriculated in June 1996. The Crown Princess followed a science and social studies programme at Enskilda Gymnasiet upper secondary school. She has also gained additional experience of speaking foreign languages during her summer holidays, for example in the United States and Germany.
Crown Princess Victoria was confirmed in the summer of 1992 at Räpplinge church on the island of Öland.
The Crown Princess has carried out two work experience programmes in Stockholm, one at the Royal Household Collections and one at the Museum of National Antiquities. Leisure pursuits, which the Crown Princess enjoys, include riding, skiing and other forms of outdoor life.
During the academic year of 1996/1997 the Crown Princess studied French at Centre International d'Études Françaises, Université Catholique de l'Ouest in Angers, France.
During the autumn of 1997 the Crown Princess followed a specially designed programme, the purpose of which was to give her a general insight into the workings of the Swedish Riksdag (parliament) and Government.
Since spring 1998 the Crown Princess has been staying in the USA, taking various academic courses at Yale University, improving her English and studying American society.
Noted events in her life were:
• She was a Crown Princess of Sweden.
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